It's Time to Trade Penny

[TheKilo]

You don't think they will baby Buchholz by putting him on a strict pitch count. I think they will, and he'll be our Joba.

 

I say get Halladay and pitch him at least 8 innings every start for the next year and a half. Hopefully it will payoff in some World Championships. Then let him take his worn out 33/34 year old arm to free agency.

 

I agree with you. I think the Sox will baby Buchholz, they did it the other night.

[Dojji]

I think that's the right move anyway. The guy is still a young pitcher and he... has shown that he can be ratled. Until he gets past that, going carefully makes sense. They babied Lester as well.

[TheKilo]

He's almost 25, and Jon Lester did have that whole cancer thing.

[Dojji]

They were going easy on Lester in 2006.

 

Take a look at buchholz last year and tell me the Sox shouldn't mind how they handle him.

[SoxSport]

The trouble with pitchers like Wake or Penny is you need to score a lot of runs to win. And the Sox aren't scoring on the road, so it's tough to win on the road with those type of pitchers. I won't put Smoltz in that category yet.

 

Buchholz has the potential to be a high rotation starter like Beckett and Lester, and needs the chance. He showed that in Toronto.

 

I saw something on realGM about Adrian Gonzales coming to Boston--no sources. Then I see something this morning in the Globe? that says the Sox won't trade Buchholz unless it's for a "premier young hitter." mmm...